11-19-2020, 01:42 PM
(11-19-2020, 01:38 PM)KillerLeft Wrote:(11-19-2020, 01:32 PM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: I've also heard people like Zach Lowe say that 3D guys take longer to develop than other positions, which I would not have guessed they had an inherently large learning curve compared to other roles.
Imagine that from age 12 to age 19 you've been the best player on your team at every level. You've either had the ball in your hands 90% of the time or had every play designed to get you the ball right where you can score with it.
Then, you get drafted, and while your measurables and athletic ability are still a strength, they're no longer special, and you're significantly outmatched in terms of skill and intellectual understanding of the game. That, alone, would be paradigm shattering and really difficult for most of these guys, I would think.
And THEN, you find out that you have to completely relearn how to play the game, this time WITHOUT THE BALL, and your success depends on how well you understand what the guy who has the ball is trying to do. You have to learn how to make HIM more successful by relocating to create passing angles, reacting when your defenders leave you to help on him (all your life they've left others to help on you, remember)...I totally understand where Lowe is coming from with this.
I mean it's why DFS has come back better and better every year. Forget the improved shooting which is huge but he's always open now and he tends to always be in the middle of loose ball plays. And he's developed a cutting game too which is really what takes a 3 and d guy to the next level.
Without that you are just Danny Green or Wes ha.